I am over-joyed to find delicious dirt beneath the mulch after all these hot days! Dark, damp, wormy and smelling fine. It’s good nick has alot to do with the often topped up layer of organic matter (mulch) spread over it. Keeps the soil life fed and housed and multiplying. Mulch is your weapon against […]

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Kath Irvine is a permaculture designer and has been designing & managing edible gardens since the late 1990's. Passionate about growing food & good design, Kath runs workshops from her Edible Backyard showing people how it is done. Get a glimpse of the good life at an event or get Kath in for a consult at your place.

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Edible Backyard

Edible Backyard is a series of gardening workshops run from Kath Irvine’s permaculture home garden. Created to support you on your journey to becoming a food gardener, Kath will teach you how to design and run your own Edible Backyard.

A unique opportunity for hands-on, organic learning from a working permaculture garden. Situated in Ohau, Levin, New Zealand. Serving the Wellington, Kapiti and Horowhenua Districts with the best organic gardening advice.